Falun
Gong originates from Falun Xiulian Dafa[1] in the Buddha School. It
is one of the Buddha School’s special qigong methods, yet it has its own distinctive qualities that set it
apart from the average ways of cultivation in the Buddha School. This
cultivation system is a special, intense cultivation method that used to require
that cultivators have extremely high xinxing and great inborn quality. In order for more practitioners to
improve while also meeting the needs of a massive number of dedicated
cultivators, I have redesigned and made public this set of cultivation methods
that are now suitable for popularization. Despite the modifications, this
practice still far exceeds other practices, their teachings, and levels.

1. The Falun’s Function

The
Falun of Falun Gong has the same nature as the universe, for it is a miniature
of the universe. Cultivators of Falun Gong not only rapidly develop their
supernormal abilities and gong potency,
they also develop an incomparably powerful Falun in a brief period of time. Once
developed, one’s Falun exists as an intelligent entity. It automatically spins
ceaselessly in the practitioner’s lower abdominal area, constantly absorbing
and transforming energy from the universe and ultimately converting the energy
in the practitioner’s original-body into gong.
Consequently, the effect of “the Fa refines the practitioner” is achieved.
This means that the Falun constantly refines this person even though he or she
doesn’t perform the exercises every minute. Internally, the Falun offers
salvation to oneself. It makes a person stronger and healthier, more intelligent
and wise, and it protects the practitioner from deviation. It can also protect
the cultivator from interference by people with inferior xinxing.
Externally, the Falun can both heal sicknesses and eliminate evils for others,
rectifying all abnormal conditions. The Falun rotates continuously in the lower
abdominal area, turning clockwise nine times and then counterclockwise nine
times. When rotating clockwise, it vigorously absorbs energy from the universe
and that energy is very strong. Its rotational power becomes stronger as a
person’s gong potency improves. This
is a state that can’t be attained by deliberate attempts to pour qi into the top of the head. When rotating counterclockwise, it
releases energy and provides salvation to all beings, rectifying abnormal
states. People around the practitioner benefit. Of all the qigong practices taught in our country, Falun Gong is the first and
only cultivation method that has achieved “the Fa refines the practitioner.”

The
Falun is most precious and could not be exchanged for any amount of money. When
my master passed the Falun on to me, he told me that the Falun shouldn’t be
passed on to anyone else; even those people who have cultivated for a thousand
years or more want to have it, but cannot. This cultivation system can only be
passed on to one person after a very, very long time, unlike those that are
passed on to one person every few decades. The Falun is therefore extremely
precious. It is still extremely precious even though we have now made it public
and altered it to become less powerful. Cultivators who have acquired it are
halfway through their cultivation. The only thing that remains is for you to
improve your xinxing, and quite an
advanced level awaits you. Of course, people who are not predestined might stop
after cultivating for a little while, and then the Falun in them will cease to
exist.

Falun
Gong is of the Buddha School, but it far exceeds the scope of the Buddha School:
Falun Gong cultivates according to the entire universe. In the past, cultivation
in the Buddha School only mentioned principles of the Buddha School, while
cultivation in the Dao School only addressed principles of the Dao School.
Neither thoroughly explained the universe at its fundamental level. The universe
is similar to human beings in that it has its own nature, along with its
material composition. This nature can be summarized in three words:
Zhen-Shan-Ren. Dao School cultivation focuses its understanding on Zhen: telling
the truth, doing honest deeds, returning to the origin and one’s true self,
and finally becoming a true person. Buddha School cultivation focuses on Shan:
developing great compassion, and offering salvation to all beings. Our
cultivation way cultivates Zhen, Shan, and Ren simultaneously, directly
cultivating according to the fundamental nature of the universe and eventually
assimilating practitioners to the universe.

Falun
Gong is a cultivation system of both mind and body; when a practitioner’s gong
potency and xinxing have reached a certain level, he or she is bound to attain
in this world both Enlightenment (the state of Unlocking Gong (kaigong))
and an indestructible body. In general, Falun Gong is divided into
In-Triple-World-Law and Beyond-Triple-World-Law, which include many levels. I
hope that all devoted practitioners will cultivate diligently and continually
improve their xinxing so that they can
reach Consummation.

2. The Falun’s Configuration

The
Falun of Falun Gong is an intelligent, spinning body of high-energy substances.
It rotates according to the order of the entire grand movements of the cosmos.
In a sense, the Falun is a miniature of the universe.

In the center of the Falun there is a Buddha School symbol of srivatsa,
,
(in Sanskrit, srivatsa means “the gathering of all good fortune” (refer to the
Ci Hai dictionary)), which is the core
of the Falun. Its color is close to golden yellow, and its base color is bright
red. The base color of the outer ring is orange. Four Taiji[2]
symbols and four Buddha School srivatsa
are arranged alternately in eight directions. The Taiji that consist of red and
black colors belong to the Dao School, while the Taiji consisting of red and
blue are of the Great Primordial Dao School. The four small srivatsa
are also golden yellow. The base color of the Falun changes periodically from
red, to orange, to yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet. These are
extraordinarily beautiful colors (refer to the color insert). The colors of the
central srivatsa,
,
and the Taiji do not change. These srivatsa,
,
of different sizes rotate on their own, as does the Falun. The Falun is rooted
in the universe. The universe is rotating, all galaxies are rotating, and so the
Falun is also rotating. Those whose Third Eye are at lower levels can see the
Falun spinning like a fan; those whose Third Eye are at higher levels can see
the whole image of the Falun, which is extraordinarily beautiful and brilliant,
and this encourages practitioners to cultivate more diligently and make faster
progress.

3. Characteristics of Falun Gong Cultivation

(1)
The Fa Refines the Practitioner

People
who practice Falun Gong are able to not only rapidly develop their gong
potency and supernormal abilities, but also to procure a Falun through
cultivation. The Falun can form in a short period of time, and once formed it is
quite powerful. It can protect practitioners from going awry as well as from
interference by people with inferior xinxing.
The principles of Falun Gong are completely different from those of conventional
cultivation methods. This is because after a Falun forms, it rotates ceaselessly
on its own; it exists in the form of an intelligent entity, continuously
collecting energy in the practitioner’s lower abdominal area. The Falun
automatically absorbs energy from the universe by rotating. The Falun achieves
the goal of “the Fa refines the practitioner” precisely because it rotates
incessantly, which means that the Falun cultivates people ceaselessly even
though they don’t perform the exercises every moment. As you all know,
everyday people have to work during the day and rest at night. This leaves
limited time for exercises. Thinking about performing exercises all the time
certainly won’t serve the purpose of continuous performance twenty-four hours
a day. The goal of around-the-clock performance cannot be fulfilled by any other
method. Yet the Falun rotates ceaselessly, and when rotating inward it absorbs a
great amount of qi (energy’s initial
form of existence). Day and night, the Falun keeps storing and transforming the
absorbed qi in each and every location
of the Falun. It converts qi into
high-level substances, ultimately changing it in the cultivator’s body into gong.
This is “the Fa refines the practitioner.” Falun Gong’s cultivation is
entirely different from all other practice systems or qigong
cultivation methods, which cultivate dan.[3]

The principal feature of Falun Gong is its cultivation of a Falun rather
than dan. Until now, all the
cultivation methods that have been made public, regardless of which school or
cultivation way they have come from—be they branches of Buddhism or Daoism, of
the Buddha or Dao School, or of the ways spread among people—cultivate dan.
So do many side-door cultivation ways. They are called dan-method
qigong.[4]
The cultivation used by monks, nuns, and Daoists has taken this path of
cultivating dan. If these persons are
cremated at death, they produce sarira,[5]
which are composed of a hard and beautiful substance that modern scientific
equipment cannot discern. Actually, they are a high-energy substance, gathered
from other dimensions—not our dimension. That is dan. It is very difficult for those who practice dan-method
qigong to achieve Enlightenment during the person’s lifetime. It
used to be that many people who practiced dan-method
qigong tried to lift their dan.
It couldn’t be lifted out once it was raised to the Niwan Palace,[6]
and so these people got stuck here. Some people wanted to deliberately burst it
but they had no way of doing so. There were some cases like this: A person’s
grandfather didn’t succeed in cultivation, so at the end of his lifetime he
spat the dan out and passed it on to
this person’s father; his father didn’t succeed in cultivation, so at the
end of his lifetime he spat it out and passed it on to this person. To this day
the person still hasn’t achieved much. It’s really difficult! Of course,
there are many decent cultivation methods. It’s not so bad if you can receive
genuine teaching from someone, but chances are he or she won’t teach you
high-level things.

(2)
Cultivating the Main Consciousness

Everyone
has a Main Consciousness. One usually relies on one’s Main Consciousness in
order to act and think. In addition to the Main Consciousness, one also has one
or more Assistant Consciousnesses and inherited spirits from one’s ancestors.
The Assistant Consciousness(es) has the same name as the Main Consciousness, but
in general it is more capable and of a higher level. It doesn’t become deluded
by our human society and it can see its own particular dimension. Many
cultivation methods take the route of cultivating the Assistant Consciousness,
whereby one’s flesh body and Main Consciousness only function as a vehicle.
These practitioners generally don’t know about these things, and they even
feel good about themselves. It is incredibly difficult for one to break with
practical things while living in society, particularly the things that a person
is attached to. Therefore, many cultivation methods emphasize performing
exercises while in a state of trance—an absolute state of trance. When
transformation occurs during a state of trance, the Assistant Consciousness in
fact gets transformed in a different society and improved through this process.
One day the Assistant Consciousness will complete its cultivation and take away
your gong. Nothing is left for your
Main Consciousness and your original-body, and your lifelong cultivation falls
short of success. That’s a great pity. Some well-known qigong masters command great supernormal abilities of all kinds, and
along with these come prestige and respect. Yet they still don’t know that
their gong has not actually grown on
their own bodies.

Our
Falun Gong directly cultivates the Main Consciousness; we ensure that gong
actually grows on your body. The Assistant Consciousness will of course also get
a share; it also improves, while in the secondary position. Our cultivation
method has strict xinxing criteria
that allow you to temper your xinxing
and improve while in human society, under the most complicated
circumstances—like the lotus flower emerging out of mud. Because of this you
can succeed in your cultivation. This is why Falun Gong is so precious: It is
precious because it is you, yourself, who obtains gong.
But it is also quite difficult. The difficulty lies in the fact that you have
chosen a path which will temper and test you in the most complicated
environment.

The
Main Consciousness must always be used to direct one’s cultivation, since the
goal of our practice is to cultivate the Main Consciousness. The Main
Consciousness should make decisions, rather than turning them over to the
Assistant Consciousness. Otherwise, there would come a day when the Assistant
Consciousness would complete its cultivation at a higher level and take your gong
with it, while your original-body and Main Consciousness would have nothing
left. When you are cultivating to high levels, your Main Consciousness
shouldn’t become unaware of what you are doing, as if it were asleep. You need
to be clear that you are the one performing the exercises, ascending through
cultivation, and improving your xinxing—only
then will you be in control and able to acquire gong.
Sometimes when you are absentminded you might accomplish something without even
knowing how it was done. It is actually your Assistant Consciousness that is
taking effect; your Assistant Consciousness is in command. If you open your eyes
to look about while you are sitting there in meditation and you see that there
is another you across from you, then that is your Assistant Consciousness. If
you are sitting there in meditation facing north, but all of a sudden you find
that you are sitting on the north side, wondering, “How did I get out?”,
then this is your true self that has come out. What sits there is your flesh
body and Assistant Consciousness. These can be distinguished.

You
shouldn’t become completely unaware of yourself when you perform the exercises
of Falun Gong. Doing so is not in line with the great way of Falun Gong
cultivation. You have to keep your mind clear when doing the exercises.
Deviation won’t occur during the practice if your Main Consciousness is
strong, as nothing will really be able to harm you. Some things might come onto
the body if the Main Consciousness is weak.

(3)
Doing the Exercises Regardless of Direction and Time

Many
cultivation methods are particular about at what time and toward which direction
it’s best to perform their exercises. We are not concerned with these things
in the least. Falun Gong cultivation is done according to the nature of the
universe and the principles of the universe’s evolution. So direction and time
are not important. We are, in effect, situated in the Falun while doing the
exercises, which is omni-directional and always rotating. Our Falun is
synchronized with the universe. The universe is in motion, the Milky Way is in
motion, the nine planets are revolving around the sun, and Earth itself is
rotating. Which way is north, east, south or west? People living on the earth
devised these directions. So you will be facing all directions no matter which
direction you face.

Some
people say that it’s best to do the exercises at midnight, while some say that
noon or another time is best. We aren’t concerned with this, either, because
the Falun cultivates you when you are not performing the exercises. The Falun is
helping you cultivate at every moment—the Fa refines the practitioner. In dan-method
qigong, people cultivate dan;
in Falun Gong, it is the Fa that cultivates people. Do the exercises more when
you have time, and do them less when you have less time. It is quite flexible.

4. Cultivation of Both Mind and Body

Falun
Gong cultivates both the mind and the body. Performing the exercises changes a
person’s original-body first. The original-body will not be discarded. The
Main Consciousness merges into one with the flesh body, achieving complete
cultivation of one’s entire being.

(1)
Changing One’s Original-Body

A
human body is composed of flesh, blood, and bones, with different molecular
structures and components. The molecular composition of the human body is
transformed into high-energy matter through cultivation. The human body is then
no longer composed of its original substances, as it has undergone a change in
its fundamental properties. But cultivators live and cultivate among everyday
people and they can’t disrupt the way human society is. So this kind of change
alters neither the body’s original molecular structure nor the sequence in
which its molecules are arranged; it just changes the original molecular
composition. The body’s flesh remains soft, the bones are still hard, and the
blood is still fluid. One will still bleed when cut with a knife. According to
the Chinese Theory of the Five Elements, everything is composed of metal, wood,
water, fire, and earth. The human body is no different. When a cultivator has
undergone the changes in his or her original-body whereby high-energy substances
replace the original molecular components, the human body at that point is no
longer composed of its original substances. This is the principle behind what is
known as “transcending the five elements.”

The
most noticeable feature of cultivation methods that cultivate both mind and body
is that they prolong a person’s life and deter aging. Our Falun Gong also has
this noticeable feature. Falun Gong works this way: It fundamentally changes the
molecular composition of the human body, storing the gathered high-energy matter
in each cell and ultimately allowing this high-energy matter to replace the
cellular components. Metabolism will no longer occur. A person thus transcends
the five elements, having turned his or her body into one composed of substances
from other dimensions. This person will be young forever, as he or she is no
longer restrained by our space-time.

There
have been many accomplished monks in history who have had very long life spans.
Now there are people who are hundreds of years old walking on the streets, only
you can’t tell who they are. You cannot distinguish them, as they look very
young and wear the same clothes as everyday people. The human life span
shouldn’t be as short as it is now. Speaking from the perspective of modern
science, people should be able to live for over two hundred years. According to
records, there was a person in Britain namedFemcathwho lived for 207 years. A person in Japan named Mitsu Taira lived to be
242 years old. During the Tang Dynasty in our country, there was a monk called
Hui Zhao who lived to be 290 years old. According to the county annals of Yong
Tai in Fujian Province,[7]
Chen Jun was born in the first year of Zhong He time (881 AD) under the reign of
Emperor Xi Zong during the Tang Dynasty. He died in the Tai Ding time of the
Yuan Dynasty (1324 AD), after living for 443 years. These are all backed up by
records and can be investigated—they aren’t fairy tales. Our Falun Gong
practitioners have come to have noticeably fewer wrinkles on their faces, which
now have a rosy, healthy glow, thanks to cultivation. Their bodies feel really
light, and they are not a bit tired when walking or working. This is a common
phenomenon. I myself have cultivated for decades and others say that my face
hasn’t changed much in twenty years. This is the reason. Our Falun Gong
contains very powerful things for cultivating the body. Falun Gong cultivators
look quite different in age from everyday people—they do not look their actual
age. So the primary features of cultivation methods that cultivate both mind and
body are: prolonging life, deterring aging, and lengthening people’s life
expectancy.

(2)
The Falun Heavenly Circuit

Our
human body is a small universe. The energy of the human body circles around the
body, and this is called the circulation of the small universe, or the heavenly
circulation. Speaking in terms of levels, connecting the two meridians of Ren
and Du[8]
is only a superficial heavenly circuit. It doesn’t have the effect of
cultivating the body. The Small Heavenly Circuit, in its true sense, circulates
inside the body from the Niwan Palace to the dantian. Through this internal circulation, all of a person’s
meridians are opened up and expanded from the inside of the body to its outside.
Our Falun Gong calls for all meridians to be open at the outset.

The
Great Heavenly Circuit is the movement of the eight Extra Meridians,[9]
and it goes around the entire body to complete one cycle. If the Great Heavenly
Circuit is opened, it will bring about a state in which a person can levitate
off the ground. This is what is meant by “ascending in broad daylight,” as
mentioned in Scripture of Dan Cultivation.
Nevertheless, an area in your body will usually be locked so that you will be
unable to fly. Yet it will bring you to this state: You will walk quickly and
effortlessly, and when you walk uphill you will feel as if someone were pushing
you from behind. The opening of the Great Heavenly Circuit can also bring about
a type of supernormal ability. It can enable the qi that exists in different organs of the body to exchange
positions. The qi of the heart will
move to the stomach, the qi of the
stomach will travel to the intestines, and so on. As one’s gong potency strengthens, if this ability is released outside the
human body it will become the supernormal ability of telekinesis. This kind of
heavenly circuit is also called the Meridian Heavenly Circuit, or the Heaven and
Earth Heavenly Circuit. But its movement still won’t achieve the goal of
transforming the body. There has to be another corresponding heavenly circuit,
called the Borderline Heavenly Circuit. Here is how the Borderline Heavenly
Circuit moves: It emerges from either the Huiyin point[10]
or the Baihui point[11]
and travels along the sides of the body, where yin borders yang.[12]

The
heavenly circuit in Falun Gong is much greater than the movement of the eight
Extra Meridians that are discussed in regular cultivation methods. It is the
movement of all the crisscrossing meridians located throughout the entire body.
All meridians of the entire body need to be thoroughly opened at once, and they
all have to move together. These things are already embedded in our Falun Gong,
so you don’t need to deliberately do them or guide them with your thoughts.
You will go awry if you do it that way. During the lecture series, I install
energy mechanismsoutside your body
that circulate automatically. The energy mechanisms are something unique to
high-level cultivation, and they are part of what makes our exercises automatic.
Just like the Falun, they revolve ceaselessly, leading all internal meridians
into rotating motion. Even if you haven’t worked on the heavenly circuit,
those meridians have in fact already been driven into motion, and deep inside
and outside they are all moving together. We use our exercises to strengthen the
energy mechanisms that exist outside the body.

(3)
Opening the Meridians

The
objective of opening the meridians is to allow energy to circulate and to change
the molecular composition of cells, transforming them into high-energy matter.
The meridians of nonpractitioners are congested and narrow. The meridians of
practitioners gradually brighten and have their congested areas cleared. The
meridians of veteran practitioners widen, and they will widen even further
during cultivation at higher levels. Some people have meridians as wide as a
finger. Yet the opening up of meridians itself reflects neither one’s
cultivation level nor the height of one’s gong.
The meridians will be brightened and widened through performing the exercises,
and eventually connect to become one large piece. At that point, this person
will have no meridians or acupuncture points. Put another way, his or her entire
body will be meridians and acupuncture points. Even this condition doesn’t
mean that this person has attained the Dao. It is only the manifestation of one
level during the process of Falun Gong cultivation. Arrival at this stage
signifies that this person has reached the end of In-Triple-World‑Law
cultivation. At the same time, this brings about a state quite noticeable from
its outer appearance: Three Flowers Gathered Atop the Head (sanhua
juding). The gong column will be rather high then and a great deal of supernormal
abilities will have been developed, all of which possesses a shape and form. The
three flowers appear on the crown of the head, with one resembling a
chrysanthemum and another a lotus. The three flowers spin individually while
revolving around each other at the same time. Each flower has an extremely tall
pole on top of it that reaches to the sky. These three poles also rotate and
spin along with the flowers. The person will feel that his or her head has grown
heavy. At this point the person will only have taken the last step of
In-Triple-World-Law cultivation.

5. Mind-Intent

Falun
Gong cultivation involves no use of mind-intent. A person’s mind-intent
doesn’t accomplish anything by itself, though it can send out commands. What
is really at work are supernormal abilities, which have the capacity of an
intelligent being to think and can receive commands from the brain’s signals.
Yet many people, particularly those in qigong
circles, have many different theories about it. They think that mind-intent can
accomplish many things. Some talk about using mind-intent to develop supernormal
abilities, using it to open the Third Eye, to heal illnesses, to perform
telekinesis, etc. This is an incorrect understanding. At lower levels, everyday
people use mind-intent to direct their sensory organs and four limbs. At higher
levels, a cultivator’s mind-intent elevates a notch and directs abilities
around. In other words, supernormal abilities are dictated by mind-intent. This
is how we look at mind-intent. Sometimes we see a qigong
master giving treatments to others. Before the master moves a finger, the
patients already acknowledge that they have become well, and they think that the
healing is done through the master’s mind-intent. In fact, that master
releases a type of supernormal ability and dictates it to give the treatment or
to do something else. Since supernormal abilities travel in another dimension,
everyday people can’t see them with their eyes. Those who don’t know think
that it is mind-intent that does the healing. Some people believe that
mind-intent can be used to heal illnesses, and this has misled people. This view
has to be clarified.

Human
thoughts are a type of message, a type of energy, and a form of material
existence. When a person thinks, the brain produces a frequency. Sometimes it is
quite effective to chant a mantra. Why? It’s because the universe has its own
vibrational frequency, and an effect will be produced when the frequency of your
mantra coincides with that of the universe. For it to be effective, it certainly
has to be of a benign nature since evil things are not allowed to exist in the
universe. Mind-intent is also a specific kind of thought. The Law Bodies of a
high-level qigong grand master are
controlled and dictated by the thoughts of his main body. A Law Body also has
his own thoughts and his own independent ability to solve problems and carry out
tasks. He is an entirely independent self. At the same time, Law Bodies know the
thoughts of the qigong master’s main
body and will carry out tasks according to those thoughts. For example, if the qigong
master wants to treat a particular person’s illness, Law Bodies will go there.
Without that thought they will not go. When they see an extremely good thing to
do they will do it on their own. Some masters haven’t achieved Enlightenment,
and there are things that they still don’t know but that their Law Bodies
already know.

“Mind-intent”
also has another meaning, namely, inspiration. Inspiration doesn’t come from
one’s Main Consciousness. The knowledge base of the Main Consciousness is
quite limited. It won’t work if you depend solely on the Main Consciousness to
come up with something that doesn’t yet exist in this society. Inspiration
comes from the Assistant Consciousness. When some people engaged in creative
work or scientific research get stuck after exhausting all of their brainpower,
they put things aside, rest for a while, or take a walk outside. Inspiration
then comes suddenly without their thinking. They immediately start to write
everything down quickly, thereby creating something. This is because when the
Main Consciousness is strong, it controls the brain and nothing will come forth,
despite its effort. Once the Main Consciousness relaxes, the Assistant
Consciousness starts to function and control the brain. The Assistant
Consciousness is able to create new things, as it belongs to another dimension
and is unrestrained by this one. Yet the Assistant Consciousness can’t surpass
or interfere with the state of human society; it isn’t allowed to affect the
process of society’s development.

Inspiration
comes from two sources. One is the Assistant Consciousness. The Assistant
Consciousness isn’t deluded by this world and can produce inspiration. The
other source is the command and guidance from high-level beings. When guided by
high-level beings, people’s minds are expanded and able to create
groundbreaking things. The entire development of society and the universe follow
their own specific laws. Nothing happens by chance.

6. Levels of Cultivation in Falun Gong

(1)
Cultivation at High Levels

Since
Falun Gong cultivation takes place at really high levels, gong
is generated quite rapidly. A great cultivation way is extremely simple and
easy. Falun Gong has few movements. Yet viewed from a larger scope it governs
all aspects of the body, including the many things that are to be generated. As
long as a person’s xinxing keeps
rising, his or her gong will grow
rapidly; there is little need for intention-filled effort, the use of any
specific method, setting up a crucible and furnace to make elixir from gathered
chemicals or from adding fire and gathered chemicals. Relying on the guidance of
mind-intent can be rather complicated and can make it easy for one to go awry.
Here we provide the most convenient and best cultivation way, yet also the most
difficult one. In order for a cultivator to reach the Milk-White Body state
using other methods, it would take more than a decade, several decades, or even
longer. Yet we bring you to this stage immediately. This level might already
pass by before you even feel it. It might only last several hours. There will be
one day when you feel quite sensitive, and only a little while later you won’t
feel as sensitive. In fact, you will have just passed a significant level.

(2)
Manifestations of Gong

After
students of Falun Gong go through adjustment of the flesh body, they will reach
the state that is suitable for Dafa[13]
cultivation: the Milk-White Body state. Gong
will only develop after this state is reached. People with a high-level Third
Eye can see that gong develops on the
surface of a practitioner’s skin and is then absorbed into his or her body.
This process of gong generation and
absorption keeps repeating itself, going level after level, sometimes really
rapidly. This is first-round gong.
After the first round, the body of the practitioner is no longer a regular one.
A practitioner will never again get sick after reaching the Milk-White Body
state. The pain that might emerge here and there or the discomfort in a certain
area is not sickness, though it might appear to be similar: It is caused by
karma. After the second round of gong
development, one’s intelligent beings will have grown very large and are able
to move around and talk. Sometimes they are produced sparsely, sometimes in
great density. They can talk to one another. There is a great deal of energy
stored in those intelligent beings, and this is used to change one’s
original-body.

At a
certain advanced level in Falun Gong cultivation, Cultivated Infants (yinghai)
sometimes appear all throughout a practitioner’s body. They are mischievous,
enjoy playing, and are kindhearted. Another kind of body can also be produced:
the Immortal Infant (yuanying). He or
she sits on a lotus flower throne that is very beautiful. The Immortal Infant
generated through cultivation is created by the merging of yin
and yang within the human body.
Both male and female cultivators are able to cultivate an Immortal Infant. At
the beginning the Immortal Infant is very small. He gradually grows larger and
ultimately grows to be the cultivator’s size. He looks exactly like the
cultivator and is indeed present there in the cultivator’s body. When people
with supernormal abilities look at him or her, they will say that this person
has two bodies. Actually, this person has succeeded in cultivating his or her
true body. Many Law Bodies can also be developed through cultivation. In short,
all supernormal abilities that can be developed in the universe can be developed
in Falun Gong; supernormal abilities developed in other cultivation methods are
also all included in Falun Gong.

(3)
Beyond-Triple-World-Law Cultivation

By
performing Falun Gong exercises, practitioners can make their meridians wider
and wider, connecting them to become one piece. That is, a person cultivates to
a state in which there are no meridians or acupuncture points, or conversely,
meridians and acupuncture points exist everywhere. This still doesn’t mean
that he or she has attained the Dao—it is only one type of manifestation in
the process of Falun Gong cultivation and the reflection of one level. When this
stage is reached, the person is at the end of In-Triple-World-Law cultivation.
The gong he or she has developed will
already be quite powerful and will have finished taking shape. Also, this
person’s gong column will be really
high and the three flowers will appear atop his or her head. By that time this
person will have merely taken the last step of In-Triple-World-Law cultivation.

When
another step forward is taken, there will be nothing left. All of the person’s
supernormal abilities will be pressed into the body’s deepest dimension. He or
she will enter the Pure-White Body state, wherein the body is transparent. With
one more step forward, this person will enter into Beyond-Triple-World-Law
cultivation, also known as “cultivation of a Buddha’s body.” The
supernormal abilities developed at this stage belong to the category of divine
powers. The practitioner will have unlimited powers at this point and will have
become incredibly mighty. Upon reaching higher realms, he or she will cultivate
to become a great enlightened being. All of this depends on how you cultivate
your xinxing. Whichever level you
cultivate to is the level of your Attainment Status. Dedicated cultivators find
a righteous cultivation way and achieve Righteous Attainment—this is
Consummation.

[8] Ren and Du—the Du
channel, or “Governing Vessel,” begins in the pelvic cavity and travels
upward along the middle of the back. The Ren channel, or “Conception
Vessel,” travels upward from the pelvic cavity along the middle of the
body’s front side.

[9] eight Extra Meridians—in
Chinese Medicine, these are meridians that exist in addition to the twelve
Regular Meridians. Most of the eight Extra intersect with the acupuncture
points of the twelve Regular, and so they are not considered independent or
major meridians.

[10] Huiyin (hway-yin)
point—the acupuncture point in the center of the perineum.

[11] Baihui (bye-hway)
point—the acupuncture point located at the crown of one’s head.

[12]yin
(yin) and yang (yahng)—the Dao School believes that everything contains
opposite forces of yin and yang
which are mutually exclusive, yet interdependent, e.g. female (yin)
vs. male (yang), front of the body
(yin) vs. back of the body (yang).

[13] Dafa (dah-fah)—“The
Great Way,” or “The Great Law”; short for the name Falun Dafa, “The
Great (Cultivation) Way of the Law Wheel.”